Human Tissue Resource Center

Bio-Specimen Bank Fees (PDF Download)

	Service	Units	U of C User ($)	Outside User acad ($)
Biospecimen banking (BSB)
1	Initiation of banking project, data abstraction	hour	60	90
2	Tissue banking, simple	sample	11	16.5
3	Tissue banking, standard	sample	15	22.5
4	Tissue banking, complex	sample	20	30
5	Bodily fluids banking, simple	sample	5	7.5
6	Bodily fluids banking, standard	sample	10	15
7	Bodily fluids banking, complex	sample	20	30
8	Permanent storing of frozen samples	st box/year	16	24
9	Retrieval from permanent storage	sample	2	3
10	Preparation for tissue shipping	sample	3.5	5.3
11	Pathology verification of tissue sample	sample	20	30
Histological services
1	Tissue processing & paraffin embedding	block	3.5	5.3
2	Tissue processing & paraffin embedding, complex	block	5.5	8.3
3	Paraffin tissue sectioning, block facing and 1st section	block	4	6
4	Additional sections (H&E, IHC)	slide	1.25	1.9
5	Additional sections, complex (TMA, levels, DNA)	vial/slide	3.5	5.3
6	H&E staining of paraffin sections, automated	slide	2	3
7	Frozen tissue sectioning, block facing and 1st section	block	7	10.5
8	Additional frozen sections	slide	1.5	2.3
9	H&E staining of frozen section	slide	3.5	5.3
Special pathology services
1	TMA block preparation inculding path verification	core	6	9
2	Immunohistochemistry, single antibody	slide	18	27
3	Double immunostaining	slide	30	45
4	Special stains (PAS, Sudan only)*	slide	13	19.5
5	Use of cryostat, microscope and Real-time PCR	hour	12	18
6	Cryostat training	hour	40	60
7	Pathologist analysis of tissues/scoring	hour	100	150